God Plays Dice

A random walk through mathematics -- mostly through the random part.

Showing posts with label Simpsons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simpsons. Show all posts
08 March 2009

The Simpsons and continuous compounding

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It appears the Simpsons have a mortgage that has 37% interest compounded every minute. For the record, if the interest is compounded n times...
06 January 2008

End quintile disparity!

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A fictional "presidential candidate" on The Simpsons said something about how the top fifth of Americans consume sixty percent of...
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04 January 2008

The math of Futurama

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Dr. Sarah's Futurama Math , from Sarah Greenwald. Apparently a new Futurama DVD was just recently released, if you care about that s...
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25 June 2007

The Simpsons use decimal numbers

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In The Simpsons , people have four fingers on each hand. Eight fingers in total. Therefore, shouldn't they use numbers in base 8? (The...
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